So as to not to overdo things, I'll have another
blog on the Rep. Paul Ryan event tomorrow. Or tonight, if there's more insomnia like
last night-- it's not every day that you shake the hand of the future
VP.
The “math” poster, which R. Stacy
McCain mentioned and pictured in his blog today, was the brain-child of
David Burge (Twitter: @iowahawkblog; url: http://iowahawk.typepad.com/). I first heard of it earlier this week, when Breitbart News' Larry
O'Connor saw it in his Twitter timeline during a commercial break. He
nabbed a fill-in gig, all this week, for Chris Stigall on a huge,
Philadelphia AM station. (You can also hear him on certain Saturdays on DC's WMAL; follow @larryoconnor for details.) A quick scan of Twitter and I found the image, too.
Yesterday, on my way to Oxford (home of
Miami of Ohio), I was kicking myself that I hadn't brought anything
better for Rep. Paul Ryan to sign than a clipping from that morning's
Cincinnati Enquirer. Then it hit me. Since our local library is in the
same system as Oxford's, I could pop into that branch with my library card and print the
“math” image off my email.
After Ryan's speech, I braved the scrum
for handshakes, photos and autographs. It wasn't a polite rope line
like you'd see at a typical, GOP event (a Lincoln-Reagan dinner, for
example). No, this was more like the stage being rushed at a rock
concert. Ryan's a rock star, even in the level-headed Midwest. We
think fiscal sanity is sexy.
Ryan had a black, permanent marker
already, so shoving the picture at him was all I needed to do to get
an autograph. It was unclear from his expression if he looked at the
poster at all, but others in the throng liked it. After a couple
seconds, I realized that he hadn't moved far along the way. (He's
stopped for a photo.) So I reached out my hand, and he shook it. I
wished him good luck. He said thank you.
The story behind meeting up with
blogger extraordinaire Stacy McCain and his irascible thirteen year
old, Jefferson (and others), will have to wait. But here's proof that
McCain is on the right side of the Force.
The trifecta of Cincinnati culture, all
in one night: conservative politics, Reds baseball (Mike Leake on the
tv in the background, throwing a complete game) and Skyline chili.
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| Robert Stacy McCain and me |
more photos tomorrow...
Update: H/T to J.d. Bryden for the info about IowaHawk.
